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TI CALCULATORS
Texas Instruments graphing calculators are still requirements in a lot of schools. If you've played around with them for more then a few minutes, you will have noticed that you can write programs on them. I've always found this a cool concept, the idea of putting the functionality of a computer on to a thing you do maths with.
Now, my high school required the use of a TI-83, TI-84 or a TI-84 Plus. I went with the TI-84 Plus, since it has the most functionality and memory of the three.
Nowadays, there are machines like the TI-Nspire CE, which are pretty much smartphones with buttons. They're capable of displaying pictures in high quality (well, relatively speaking of course) aaaand... it uses a different programming language than the three aforementioned calculators. Bummer.
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The language I coded my games in is TI-Basic which is a variation on, you guessed it, BASIC. All games you download here are in the .8xp format, so if you connect a link cable you can just drag and drop the game from your computer to your calculator.
SNEK
Snek is one of the first games I programmed. And yes, I know "snek" isn't the correct spelling, but it's a reference to a CarlSagan42 stream.
Anyways, this is a cool variation on the original Snake. The edges wrap, because else you just die too quickly. When you do eventually die, your five best scores show up on screen.
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One of the best aspects of this game is tha saving function. When you stop playing and save your scores, you can recall them later on.
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All in all, a pretty good Snake clone, less then a kilobyte in size.
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